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Australia’s Next Generation Banknotes: Additional Feature for the Vision Impaired
Source: RBA Media Release 13 February 2015: The Governor, Glenn Stevens, has today announced that the next generation of Australian banknotes will include a ‘tactile’ feature to assist people with a vision impairment. The existing features to help the vision impaired tell the difference between different denominations of Australian banknotes will be maintained on the new series. These include: bright colours; large and bold numbers; and different sizes for each... -
Sweden’s new bank notes and coins
Source: Riksbank; Business Standard News-IANS Stockholm, February 17, 2015: The Swedish Central Bank, Sveriges Riksbank, has unveiled new coins and bank notes. This is the first time in 30 years for the Swedish Central Bank to issue new banknotes and coins, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The bank notes are smaller in size than the current ones. The new notes feature some of Sweden’s most prominent cultural personalities since the twentieth... -
Increase in euro counterfeit banknotes
Source: European Central Bank; SMI – Secura Monde International Press Release of ECB 23 January 2015 – More counterfeits in second half of 2014. 507,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in the second half of 2014. 86% of the counterfeits are €20 and €50 banknotes. All euro banknotes can be easily verified using the “feel, look and tilt” method. Euro banknotes continue to be a trusted and safe means of... -
Cuba to issue new high denomination banknotes
Source: SMI- Secura Monde International; Prensa Latina News Agency Escambray The Central Bank of Cuba (CBC) will put into circulation high-denomination banknotes from February 2015 with values of 200, 500 and 1000 Cuban pesos (CUP). The aim is for the new high denomination banknotes to ease economic transactions, as currently the highest denomination banknote is the 100 peso note. The Vice President of the Central Bank of Cuba, Francisco Mayobre, recalled that... -
The Eurosystem will unveil the new Europa series €20 banknote on 24 February 2015
Source: European Central Bank The new €20 is the third banknote of the Europa series to be introduced after the €5 and €10. The ECB and the national central banks of the euro area – the Eurosystem – will unveil the banknote and announce its exact issuance date on 24 February 2015. The Eurosystem is taking several measures to support banknote equipment manufacturers, suppliers and owners of machines and... -
Belarus considering issuing Br 500,000 banknote
Source: Belarusial News MINSK, 20 January (BelTA) – The introduction of a Br500,000 banknote in Belarus is under discussion, BelTA learned from the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. “We consider issuing a new banknote valued at Br500,000. The final decision will be made taking into account the current economic situation and will be announced by the National Bank in advance,” the bank said. -
Central Bank of Kazakhstan issues new 1000 bill
Source: Tengri News 16 december 2014 The Central Bank of Kazakhstan has issued a new 1000 tenge bill, Tengri News reports citing a representative of the bank. The new bill was put into circulation on December 12. “The banknote has already been put into circulation. It will be used alongside the old banknotes issued in 2006,” the representative of the Central Bank said. The 1000 tenge bill is part of the bank’s Samruk series.... -
Bank of Canada invites Canadians to propose design ideas for a bank note marking Canada’s 150th anniversary
Source: Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada has announced that it will develop and issue a commemorative banknote in 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Since it was founded, the Bank of Canada has issued two commemorative bank notes: a special $1 note celebrated Canada’s 100th anniversary in 1967 and a commemorative $25 note was issued in 1935 in honour of the Silver Jubilee of King George... -
The design of a new circulation coin of BGN 2 denomination has been approved
Source: Bulgarian National Bank – Press Release 19 November 2014, http://bnb.bg/PressOffice/POPressReleases/POPRDate/PR_20141119_1_EN The Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB Governing Council) has approved the design of a circulation coin of BGN 2, issue 2015. The two sides of the coin feature the theme and the image of Paisius of Hilendar taken from the circulating BGN 2 banknotes, issues 1999 and 2005. The same approach has been used to the design of... -
Macedonia unveils the designs of the new 200 and 2000 denar banknotes
Source: Press release of the NBRM, Skopje, 14 November 2014: http://www.nbrm.mk The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia has announced that it intends to start the process to issue in the near future banknotes in the new denominations of 200 and 2,000 denari. Leitmotif of the obverse of the conceptual, and art and graphic design of the 200 denar banknote is the relief with a presentation of the 41st Psalm...